MONDAY
APRIL 25
2016

BIANCULLI’S BEST BETS

 

Smithsonian, 6:00 a.m. ET

Just in case you’re awake early and haven’t seen this series yet: Early this morning, the Smithsonian Channel is presenting all three parts of Sir David Attenborough’s newest documentary series, which covers everything from pterosaurs and dragonflies to bats and geese. Like everything Attenborough hosts on camera, it’s inspirational, educational, and sometimes that much overused description of awesome. The entire series is shown from 6-9 a.m. ET, and if you watch or record it, you’ll thank yourself for making the effort.

 
  
 
 

NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET

It’s down to 11, and on the way to the Top 10, as we reach another live performance night on what has become the best season yet of The Voice.

 
  
 
 

PBS, 9:00 p.m. ET

MINISERIES REPEAT: Today is the day on which the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary – and to note that anniversary, PBS this week repeats this excellent, often breathtaking Ken Burns-Dayton Duncan six-part documentary series from 2009. Have a pad and pen nearby, to write down each place you’d like to visit after seeing it on this series – and by the end of the series, it’ll be quite a list. Check local listings.

 
  
 
 

HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET

When my kids were young, I used to torture them with both the music and music video of Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman,” one of my favorite music performance pieces from the 1980s. I plan to let them both know about this new HBO special, in which the avant garde artist presents a 90-minute tribute to her late dog. I’m pretty sure I’ll love it. My now-grown children, we’ll have to wait and see…

 
  
 
 

AMC, 10:00 p.m. ET

SEASON PREMIERE: I stopped watching this series early on, but have been encouraged to give it another try, so I will. I don’t want to be accused of being a traitor to the concept of quality TV – which reminds me, Benedict Arnold is central to tonight’s season-opening plot. For a full review, see David Hinckley’s All Along the Watchtower.
 
  
 
 
 
 
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David Bianculli has been a TV critic since 1975, including a 14-year stint at the New York Daily News, and sees no reason to stop now. Currently, he's TV critic for NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, and is an occasional substitute host for that show. He's also an author and teaches TV and film history at New Jersey's Rowan University. His 2009 Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour', has been purchased for film rights. His latest, The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific, is an effusive guidebook that plots the path from the 1950s’ Golden Age to today’s era of quality TV.